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16 OCTOBER 2021 CURRENT AFFAIRS MCQs
The 'One Health' project was launched by Dr Renu Swarup, Secretary, DBT through video conferencing. The Consortium is comprised of 27 organisations and will be led by the DBT-National Institute of Animal Biotechnology, Hyderabad.
Bharti Airtel and Ericsson conducted India's first 5G network trial in a rural location in the first week of October 2021.
World Students' Day is observed every year on October 15 to mark the birth anniversary of former President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam.
Varanasi of Uttar Pradesh will become the first city in India to use ropeway services in public transportation. Overall, Varanasi will be the third city in the world after Bolivia and Mexico City to use ropeway in public transportation.
App named Fishwaale has been launched in Assam and it is India's first e-fish market.
2021 theme for the International Day of Rural Women is "Rural Women Cultivating Good Food for All".
The Reserve Bank of India has a granted small finance bank licence to the consortium of Centrum Financial Services Limited (Centrum), and Resilient Innovations Private Limited (BharatPe) named Unity Small Finance Bank.
Talace Pvt Ltd the wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Sons has won the bid to acquire Air India for Rs 18,000 Crore.
The International Day of Rural Women is observed on October 15 each year.
Punjab National Bank has launched the '6S Campaign' under the customer outreach programme.